Not to be confused with Granite crabs and the Giant Rock Crabs.

Rock Crabs are aggressive monsters that look like harmless rocks while they are disguised, but when unsuspecting passers walk by, they attack; however, once their target leaves the nearby area, they are no longer aggressive. It should be noted that, unlike most other enemies and NPCs, rock crabs are not marked with yellow dots on the minimap; this is probably due to the fact that the crabs' appearance camouflages them as rocks. Players can tell if a rock is a crab or not by looking at the rock's shape, Rock crabs are tall oval shaped, but normal rocks in their area are mostly in large clusters of shattered pieces. It should also be noted that, as with most aggressive monsters, rock crabs will stop attacking a player if they have not left the surrounding area in a considerable amount of time (roughly between ten and twenty-five minutes). To fix this, simply run out of the surrounding area (to be sure, run halfway to the entrance to the village of Rellekka or simply enter and exit the entrance to Keldagrim) and run back, at which point the rock crabs will once more be aggressive. As they are "dormant" until "awoken" by a passing player, rock crabs cannot be attacked until they are made aggressive once more.

In the quest Fur 'n' Seek, its carcass must be collected and cleaned for the Odd Old Man.

For extremely low defence levelled players, it is recommended that if you are killing these creatures for long periods of time, you bring some food just in case as there are no nearby banks. It is also recommended that you bring a Camelot teleport/teletab to bank for more food as it is near the area of the rock crabs. You could also use the bank in Keldagrim. The entrance is right between the statues to the east of the Rock Crabs.

Contents 1 Training 2 Locations 3 Drops 3.1 Gems and Gem products 3.2 Charms 3.3 Weapons 3.4 Runes and Talisman 3.5 Others 3.6 Rare drop table drops 4 Classification 5 Trivia 6 See also

TrainingEdit

Rock Crabs are commonly trained upon due to their high exp rewards; and occasional valuable drops, low combat level and defence. Most places where Rock Crabs reside are heavily crowded, so, if you plan to train on them, it is best to choose an activity world. However, during the time when Hati is active, low levels are advised to avoid the Rock Crab area east of Rellekka as anti-botters will bring Hati to the Rock Crabs, making it impossible to train. Players also commonly set up dwarf multicannons among rock crabs. It would take a total of 65,173 Rock Crabs to get a combat skill from level 1 to level 99. Doing so would also get your constitution level to 78 if you started from scratch.

The area has recently become less crowded due to "Bot nuking day". Many worlds are empty in this area, making it a lot easier to train here. (Bot nuking day was a while ago, and is no longer relevant, for the bots are back up)

LocationsEdit

• North of Rellekka, west of the entrance to Keldagrim east and west of the town on the beach (may be overcrowded)(can not use summoning without multi-combat)
• Waterbirth Island - There is no multi-combat.

• Brine Rat Cavern

DropsEdit

Gems and Gem productsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Oyster pearl	1	2 Common	24
	Opal bolt tips	5	3 Uncommon	5
	Jade bolt tips	1	4 Rare	3

CharmsEdit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
88%	10%	0.4–0.5%	1%	0.3–0.4%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 30,239 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

Please add to the log (only if 50 or more creatures killed).

WeaponsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bronze pickaxe	1	2 Common	49
	Iron pickaxe	1	2 Common	111
	Bronze hatchet	1	3 Uncommon	77
	Iron javelin		3 Uncommon	3
	Rune pickaxe	1	5 Very rare	18,907

Runes and TalismanEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Fire rune	7	2 Common	105
	Nature rune	4	3 Uncommon	472
	Chaos rune	1	4 Rare	55
	Cosmic talisman	1	4 Rare	484

OthersEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	4–413	2 Common	Not sold
	Oyster	1–2	2 Common	35–70
	Seaweed	1–5 (noted)	2 Common	432–2,160
	Edible seaweed	2	2 Common	356
	Empty oyster	1	2 Common	Not sold
	Rock crab carcass	1	2 Common [1]	Not sold
	Spinach roll	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Knife	1	3 Uncommon	116
	Iron ore	1	3 Uncommon	169
	Coal	2	3 Uncommon	452
	Copper ore	3	3 Uncommon	201
	Tin ore	3	3 Uncommon	96
	Fishing bait	1–10	3 Uncommon	4–40
	Limpwurt root	1	4 Rare	1,083
	Grimy ranarr	1	4 Rare	1,709
	Grimy avantoe	1	4 Rare	1,570
	Tarromin seed	1	4 Rare	2
	Ranarr seed	1	4 Rare	2,852
	Clue scroll (easy)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Casket	1	4 Rare	2,983
	Irit seed	1	5 Very rare	84
	Snapdragon seed	1	5 Very rare	42,089
	Torstol seed	1	5 Very rare	266,426
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

1. ^ Only during Fur 'n' Seek.

Rare drop table dropsEdit

This monster drops items from the rare drop table; the ring of wealth will improve the chances if equipped.

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Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Coins 250; 381; 450; 3,000; 9,000; 12,000 2 Common Not sold Uncut sapphire 1 2 Common 683 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,223 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 2,962 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 14,645 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 17,854 Uncut diamond 1 4 Rare 12,248 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 21,658 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 19,568 Dragon dagger 1 2 Common 17,694 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,250 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 1,180 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 12,310 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 36,721 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 884,700 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 32,054 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 65,667 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 60,085 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 44,000 Rune arrow 150–200, 500 4 Rare 30,300–101,000 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,293,150 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,494,600 Air orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,800,000 Fire orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,948,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 788,687 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 6,790 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 24,775–34,685 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 68,250–95,550 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 380 Pure essence 500–15000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 64,500–1,935,000 Nature rune 47,62–67 4 Rare 5,546–7,906 Soul rune 20 4 Rare 2,580 Death rune 50, 121 4 Rare 20,400–49,368 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 17,600 Nature talisman 1 4 Rare 399 Raw swordfish 125 – 250, 1000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 37,250–298,000 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 138,000–276,000 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 67,500–225,000 Coal 150–7500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 33,900–1,695,000 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 270,150–1,440,800 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 13,900 Adamant bar 1000–7000 (noted) 4 Rare 2,197,000–15,379,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,053,100 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 12,962–1,944,300 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 57,453 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 78,725–787,250 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 290,310–1,161,240 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 328,170–3,281,700 Saradomin brew (4) 250, 2500 (noted) 5 Very rare 2,763,750–27,637,500 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 4,677 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 66,876–3,343,800 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 230,947–1,385,682 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 894,910 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 42,089 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 266,426–8,259,206 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 3,788 Yew logs 100–20000 (noted) 4 Rare 50,900–10,180,000

ClassificationEdit

These animals are most likely, as the name suggests, a form of crab, noting that the rock crabs always walk sideways (and attack by smashing their sides into the player). It is possible that they may belong to a different animal phylum, such as insects, and only look like crabs, although this is not very likely. The animals are always spotted near water; while the graphics of RuneScape do not show them immersing themselves in water, it can be safely assumed that they would hypothetically do so. In the quest Fur n' Seek, the rock crab's carcass that is collected by the player consists of only a shell and other, not easily visible remnants.

TriviaEdit

• The examine for rock crabs is: "No-one likes crabs." This could be a reference to the parasite or a reference to grumpy people, as they are sometimes called "crabs".
• The Fremennik used to eat them, as mentioned in the lore Twice Burnt, although players cannot cook them.

See alsoEdit

• Giant rock crab
• Granite crab